Catawba Indian Pottery

Released on by Thomas J. Blumer
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  • Catawba Indian Pottery Book Detail

  • Author : Thomas J. Blumer
  • Release Date : 2004
  • Publisher : University of Alabama Press
  • Genre : Art
  • Pages : 248
  • ISBN 13 : 0817350616
  • File Size : 38,38 MB
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Catawba Indian Pottery by Thomas J. Blumer PDF Summary

Book Description: Traces the craft of pottery making among the Catawba Indians of North Carolina from the late 18th century to the present When Europeans encountered them, the Catawba Indians were living along the river and throughout the valley that carries their name near the present North Carolina-South Carolina border. Archaeologists later collected and identified categories of pottery types belonging to the historic Catawba and extrapolated an association with their protohistoric and prehistoric predecessors. In this volume, Thomas Blumer traces the construction techniques of those documented ceramics to the lineage of their probable present-day master potters or, in other words, he traces the Catawba pottery traditions. By mining data from archives and the oral traditions of contemporary potters, Blumer reconstructs sales circuits regularly traveled by Catawba peddlers and thereby illuminates unresolved questions regarding trade routes in the protohistoric period. In addition, the author details particular techniques of the representative potters—factors such as clay selection, tool use, decoration, and firing techniques—which influence their styles.

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